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How to unlock every character in SSBM

Added 6 Nov 2011, ID #9356

Luigi-In the first stage of Adventure Mode, beat it with a 2 in the seconds counter. For example, 6:42:13.Then Luigi should kick Mario off and you'll have to fight him with Peach. At the end of Adventure Mode, he'll challenge you and beat him to unlock him.

Dr. Mario-Beat Classic Mode as Mario on any difficultyAnd at the end he'll challenge you. Beat him and you'll unlock him.

Killer Radishes

Added 19 Jun 2006, ID #6090

This is my ALL-TIME favorite thing to do. Do a 4-player match with four humans. Won't work with computers. 1 player HAS to be fox, 1 falco, and 1 peach. The fourth can be whoever you like. Put it team battle and make fox and the random player on 1 team, peach on another, and falco on the reamaining.

Oh yeah, make items very low with superscope only. Go to Hyrule Temple(or any course with two elevated platforms at the same height.

Let the random person get a superscope and do the infinite combo. For those of you who don't know what that is, you do five short blasts of 3, 2 fully charged blasts, then start charging again and someone hit you while you are charging.

Now, put falco on the right edge, peach below, fox on the left edge, and the random player behind fox. Fox and Falco should hold the shines(down+B). Random player should then begin tapping A non-stop. Fox and falco will be stuck in their shines.

A green ball will be between them. Make peach jump in it until green ball are overlapping each other from falco to fox, so there is no space between. Now, make Peach throw exactly 15 radishes into the balls. All you have to do now is make Random player jump over and kick falco(because team attack has to be off for this to work, he can't hit fox) or jump in the balls until they arent there and a ball of radishes is floating in mid-air.

If any player hits the radishes, they will rapidly gain damage(999% close to 5 seconds) and can get out by holding a direction. It is AWESOME!!!Peace.

4. Jigglypuff- Beat Classic OR Adventure mode with any character. I personally don't like playing as Jigglypuff, but hey, play to your strengths...

5. Luigi- Beat Stage One of Adventure Mode (Mushroom Kingdom) when the timer shows a "2" in the last seconds place (the fourth digit from the left).

When you go to the next section of this stage ( the fight against Mario and Peach), Luigi will jump onto the screen and replace Mario. Defeat the pair within a minute and Luigi will challenge you again once you defeat Adventure mode.

6. Marth- Play 70 Versus matches OR play Classic, Adventure, or Versus mode with EACH of the 14 normal characters.

7. Mewtwo- I've seen many people acting skeptical toward the fact that Mewtwo is a playable character, thanks to the aforementioned false-cheat-posting-retards.

But, yes, Mewtwo indeed is a playable character in Super Smash Brothers Melee. It'll take quite a while, though-you have to play 700 Vs. matches OR play Versus mode for 20 hours.

Here's how I did it: Have any two characters (both human controlled) fight in versus, but instead of fighting, simply let the game sit for 20 hours.

Go watch a movie, ride an ATV, go to bed, whatever (I chose the ATV option) as long as the versus match runs for 20 hours.Besides, who wants to play 700 Versus matches? Nintendo must have had some issues while making this game...

8. Mr Game and Watch- Remember those Mr. Game and Watch handheld games? Well, Mr. Game and Watch is revitalized in Super Smash Brothers Melee.

Simply unlock ALL of the other characters first (read ahead before you read this, there's still more characters-ARGH, more typing!), then beat Classic, Adventure, or Target Test mode with them all. Power to the Old Skool!

11. Young Link- FINALLY! The last character I have to type! Play a staggering 500 Versus matches OR just beat Classic or Adventure mode with 10 different characters (two of which must be Link or Zelda)

Merry Christmas to all, even the lamers that make up false cheats ( OK, well, maybe not). See you guys around!

Peach saver...

Added 19 Jun 2005, ID #4099

If you are on the alien level (the one where the ufo comes down) and you are peach, when you get hit down one of the holes between buildings, press left or right (which ever whay there is more room) and press the b button. Peach will do he butt blaster and bonce of the wall, slightly goung up, repeat this to get back on the side.

Crazy Hand

Added 16 May 2009, ID #8852

Crazy hand is the completely insane version of the regular giant hand. To unlock him, simply play through 1-player classic mode, in the HARD or higher class mode until you get to the last level. The hand that first shows up is NOT Crazy Hand. Destroy this hand, THEN Crazy Hand will appear along with the hand you just destroyed. Remember: the hand you kill first is precise and deadly, while Crazy Hand is just going nuts trying to kill you. Careful, THEY ARE HARD TO DESTROY!

Alternate Music

Added 17 May 2007, ID #7594

To listen to alternative music tracks on select stages press and hold either one of the two analog trigger buttons (L or R) when picking your stage. The following stages have alternate music tracks available:

Super Smash Brothers Melee cheats

Jigglypuff: beat Classic or Adventure mode with any character exept Mario on any difficulty with any amount of lives.

Dr. Mario: beat Classic or Adventure with Mario on any difficulty and any amount of lives without losing any lives. This is why you'd best not use Mario to get Jigglypuff.

Young Link: beat Classic or Adventure with ten of the fourteen original characters.

Falco: beat the 100 man melee. The best solution is to use DK and use his down and B move.

Ganondorf: beat Event match 29.

Luigi: complete the first stage of Adventure mode (Mushroom Kingdom) with a 2 as the fourth number in the timer.

Pichu: beat Event match 37.

Marth: play as all fourteen original characters in VS mode. Usding some as CPUs won't work but here's a trick, go to Jungle Japes with you and a level 9 CPU Ness. When the match starts just stand there and Ness will jump towards you but end up self-destructing. Easy.

Roy: beat Classic or Adventure mode with Marth on any difficulty with any amount of lives.

Mewtwo: play a COMBINED VS time play total of twenty hours.

Mr. Game and Watch: beat Classic or Adventure mode with all 24 other characters.

STAGES:

Brinstar Depths: play 50 VS matches.

Fourside: play 100 VS matches.

Big Blue: play 150 VS matches.

Poké Floats: play 200 VS matches.

Mushroom Kingdom II: find a Birdo or Pidget trophy.

Yoshi's Island N64: hit the Sandbag over 300 metres in Home Run contest.

DK Jungle N64: clear the 15-minute melee.

Dreamland N64: clear Target Test with all 25 characters.

Flatxone: beat Classic or Adventure mode with Mr. Game and Watch without any continues.

Battlefield: clear All-Star mode with any character, and difficulty, any amount of lives and without any continues.

Final Destination: beat Event match 51.

OTHERS:

Mew in Pokéball: unlock all characters and stages and Mew (rarely) will appear in a pokéball.

Celebi in Pokéball: get all 292 trophies and Celebi (rarely) will appear in a pokéball.

Mario look a bit like Wario: change Mario's costume to yellow.

Peach look (exactly) like Daisy: change Peach's cstu,me to the one where she has a yellow dress and brown hair.

Alternate music: when selecting a stage hold L and R down before pressing A and keep them held down when the stage is loading. Note that this does NOT work for all stages and in VS mode all players must hold down L and R. And it does not work for all stages that do this unless you do certain things for exeample if you want the Fire Emblem tune on Hyrule Temple you must unlock Marth (not sure about Roy too) first.

Different music in the Trophy Gallery: once you have unlocked Sound Test go on it and listen to a music. Exit Sound Test without turning off the music and go to the Trophy Gallery. The music you were last listening to in Sound Test will be playing.

Team Battle extra lives: on VS Team Battle when you lose your last life press START as soon as you die and you will appear again as if you have one life left. This does not always work. Good luck with it.

Corneria- destroying the ship's guns

Added 30 Oct 2005, ID #4836

Start out on Corneria and head to the nose of the ship. Jump off, then mid-air jump to the right and use a third jump if necessary to land on the guns of the ship. You can destroy these guns if you deal around 100%-200% to them, and when they explode, there will be a big explosion and you will no longer be able to stand on them. They will also look blown up after destroying them.

2L84ME

Added 30 Oct 2005, ID #4841

Find a Barrrel Cannon- it could be the trophy of the Barrel Cannon, or you could sniff one out in battle just find one. You can't use the Barrel Cannon that floats around in the Donkey Kong stage, the one where it's daylight and you're at the edge of a waterfall. Just a regular Barrel Cannon.

Look at the bottom of it... It should say "2L84ME", which translates to "Too late for me".

AWSOME!!! READ NOW!!!

Added 2 Nov 2005, ID #4855

When you do "Break The Targets" you just hear a dull song that's suppost to be the "Break The Targets" song right? Well I have exiting news! Just pause and hold L, R, A, and Z like you do when you exit exept replace Start with Z for reset and guess what?! When you start after reseting, the music is the charicter's theam song!!! Isn't that cool!!!

Wall bounce

Added 10 Nov 2007, ID #8013

When on the great fox smash the person/computer your fighting until about100%.Then hit them to the end of the ship's wall to make them bounce off like a bouncy ball. This is a good way to get rid of your anger.

Peach's floating ability...

Added 27 Oct 2005, ID #4788

You can make Peach float in the air by jumping and holding X or Y. She will start floating after the jump subsides. You can only float once in the air, so if you jump and float, then cut it off with a mid-air jump, you must hit the ground and jump back up again before you can use it again. If you hold Down on the Control Stick and press and hold X or Y, you can float just above the ground.

Extremely Easy 100 Man Melee Win!!

Added 1 Jul 2007, ID #7735

To very very easily beat 100 man melee, just use Donkey Kong and stand in the middle of the stage on the bottom and keep pushing Down+B, he will slap the ground over and over and when one of the wire frames walk close to you (Less than 2 feet) they will be shot into the air or to the side, quick and instant death. It only took me a minute an a half this way.

Wield 2 wepons at once

Added 6 Feb 2006, ID #5313

To wield 2 wepons at once yes TWO! First pick ice climbers (only works with ice climbers) then when you see 2 items press A.(if there is only one find another one and press A. You should practice in traing.

Event Match #51: The Showdown

It's a tough one, no doubt about that, but it's the last one, so keep practicing and keep trying - when you get it done - you'll be completely done and feel great about it lol!

Some tactics...- Try using Jigglypuff! Why you ask? Because by using her Down+B move, you can KO Giga Bowser at a low percentage if he's near an edge.- The idea behind Jigglypuff's Rest move is that when you're above an enemy and you use Down+B, if you're directly aligned with that enemy below you, it'll hurt them significantly.- I've also done this Event with Yoshi - jumping above everyone and getting some height keeps you out of danger for a little while.- Then use his butt stomp (Down+B) to inflict some damage on hopefully more than one character.- REPEAT!

- Get rid of Giga first - he's the biggest and the biggest pain!- You can deal with the other two once Bowser's history.- Using Items before your opponents is also key!

Other ways to play

Super Tiny Melee- 1-4 players-choose Tiny Melee under Special Melee and set the items to Poison Mushrooms only get ready to magnify the smallest things on a big stage.

Cold War- 2-4 players-set a Time Battle on Icicle Mountain with Freezies only and characters are Ice Climbers only watch freezing coldness on TV.

Explosive War-choose Super Sudden Death under Special Melee set the items to explosives, handicaps become 1, and damage ratio becomes 2.0, then choose characters with explosives and watch them fly.

Super Heavy Melee- 1-4 players-choose Giant Melee under Special Melee with items set to Metal Boxes and Super Mushrooms only with handicaps set to 9 and the damage ratio set to 0.5 watch a sumo battle you've never seen before.

Pokemon Battle 2- 1-4 players- set a Time Battle on a Pokemon stage with all Pokemon characters and Pokeballs only watch Pokemon on TV.

Super Mario 64-Set a time battle on Peach's Castle with Mario characters and items Watch them fight.

Super Fast Melee- 2-4 players-choose Lightning Melee under Special Melee then set the items to Bunny Hoods only and watch a match fly like lightning.

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Japanese Pokemon Voice Change

Added 6 Feb 2013, ID #9511

OK, I found this out when I was putzing around. If you change the language to Japanese, Jigglypuff's name is changed to Purin and her voice is totally changed and it is hilarious when you play as her! The announcer also says Purin. Also Bowser's name changed to Koopa.

Easily get Mewtwo

Added 2 Jan 2012, ID #9385

First, go into Special Rules. Select Stock, and choose 1. Then go into Tournament Mode, enter 64 characters and make them all human. Then, for each match, simply choose one character you want to lose the match, and jump/fall off the stage. For each tournament, you get 63 vs. Matches. This speeds things up considerably, as you don't need to select characters each time, and the battles just keep rolling until you're done.

Hard trophies to get on SSBM

Added 6 Nov 2011, ID #9357

Giga Bowser-Get to Bowser on Adventure Mode on at least Normal difficulty within 18 minutes without continuing. Beat Bowser and his trophy will come back from the dead and transform into Giga Bowser. Beat him without continuing and you get the trophy.

Master Hand-Beat Classic on at least Normal difficulty without continuing and his trophy will be yours.

Crazy Hand-Beat Adventure on at least Hard difficulty without continuing and his trophy will be yours.

How to unlock every character in SSBM

Added 6 Nov 2011, ID #9356

Luigi-In the first stage of Adventure Mode, beat it with a 2 in the seconds counter. For example, 6:42:13.Then Luigi should kick Mario off and you'll have to fight him with Peach. At the end of Adventure Mode, he'll challenge you and beat him to unlock him.

Dr. Mario-Beat Classic Mode as Mario on any difficultyAnd at the end he'll challenge you. Beat him and you'll unlock him.

Unlock event matches 31-39

Unlock Random Stage Switch

Added 31 Mar 2011, ID #9259

This allows you to start a random match after selecting a character. Unlock this by unlocking all stages minus secret and past stages (That is, Final Destination, Battlefield, Kongo Jungle (SSB), Dreamland (SSB), and Yoshi's Island (SSB)).